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Kiki Iriafen tried to play coy. But the man serenading her new USC teammates and coaches over dinner in the back room of their swanky Paris restaurant had just brought out an extra microphone. And now teammates were egging her on. She brushed them off at first. But they knew her well enough already to…
Leave it to Francis Ford Coppola to use his Razzie βwinβ as an opportunity to critique the film industry. Coppola was named worst director by the parody awards show honoring the yearβs βworstβ movies. The βGodfatherβ director wrote in an Instagram post that he was βthrilledβ by the honor. βIn this wreck of a world…
A few hours after they announced that quarterback Matthew Stafford would return, the Rams agreed to terms with left tackle Alaric Jackson on a three-year contract, a person with knowledge of the situation said Friday. The person requested anonymity because the deal has not been completed. Jackson, who signed with the Rams as an undrafted…
Microsoft has announced it will shut down Skype, once the dominant video call service, in May this year. At its peak, the service boasted more than 300 million users, but that number had fallen to more than 36 million users, according to the most recent figures shared by Microsoft in 2023. The US tech giant,…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ An extraordinary diplomatic rupture unfolded in the Oval Office on Friday when President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance publicly berated Ukraineβs president, Volodymyr Zelensky, as an ungrateful ally risking global war in its ongoing defense against Russian invaders. Trump and Zelensky opened their meeting, scheduled around the signing of a joint agreement on access…
With three of the organizationβs championship trophies sitting on a table behind her, Jeanie Buss sat on a prop desk and joked about a very real thing that had just happened in her life. βEveryone thinks, βWas this trade done to promote the show?β Buss said pregame Thursday. βI donβt think so.β The show, βRunning…
Microsoft is pulling the plug on Skype, the pioneering Internet telecommunications and video call platform it boughtΒ nearly 14 years ago for $8.5 billion.Β “We will be retiring Skype in May 2025 to focus on Microsoft Teams (free), our modern communications and collaboration hub,” already used by hundreds of millions of people at work, school and…
MEXICO CITYΒ βΒ Facing a Tuesday deadline, the government of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is once again mounting a full-court press to dissuade President Trump from implementing potentially devastating tariffs on Mexican exports to the United States. This week, she delivered a symbolic gift: the transfer to the United States of 29 drug trafficking suspects, including Rafael…
The resignation of Anneliese Dodds as international development minister “won’t make a difference” to Sir Keir Starmer, Harriet Harman has said.Β The Labour peer told Beth Rigby on Sky News’ Electoral Dysfunction podcast that there is “such coherence” in the rest of the cabinet that her decision to quit will do little damage. Politics Live:…
David Lynch died in January having never won an Academy Award. Donβt ask me to explain or rationalize it, because I canβt. The legendary director, writer and artist was nominated four times and won a grand total of zero competitive Oscars. The Academy Awards are not the final arbiters of taste, artistry or even cultural…
